Just walked in and know little except what I saw in the background at the pharmacy on the way through - they were 2 for lots.

I like the sound of this RSA team and, after a couple of seasons of disinterest due to the mediocrity of our lot, for which they still get highly paid, at last I can say I’m looking forward to watching some hard nosed blokes out there playing aggresively and possibly lifting our blow waved schoolkids up nearer to their level.

Australia’s recent golden era of cricket is over. South Africa will make light work of this current Australian test side, it is going to be a while before we climb back to the top with players like McGrath,Warne,Gilchrist,Ponting(at his peak),Waugh bros, Hayden and many other champions retired or past their best . We are having a dip like we did in the late 1980’s. But history shows it will not be too many years before Australian cricket improves. In the meantime we have to be patient.

Although I admit bias as I never warmed to him, but I think these days if the answer is ‘Ponting’ then the question has to be ‘Is Australia completely incapable of generating the next era of test class batsmen?’

Whatever goods that man once had, and his record proves he once owned an entire warehouse of them, I think it is time people realised that his cupboard is now looking very bare.

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